Spending on schools DOES NOT translate into quality of education. It's pathetic of education supporters to make that false claim. Thats right! Which is why those who can afford it send their kids to Christian Valor (tuition, $16,500) - Regis (tuition, $13,775), Grayland ($22,330) and the Obama...

I imagine anyone can come up with whatever statistics that support the result they wish to achieve, but I honestly haven't found a direct co-relation between money spent per student and achievement level in the research I've done. Perhaps an NEA member (or supporter) can supply me with that data b...

For years, we've been able to go online and find a reasonably detailed (photocopier repair, projector bulb replacement, salary by employee) list of expenditures on the school district website. This is a small school district, but for fun, I found the jeffco district detailed budget http://www&...

Its sure a good thing that community colleges don't ask for SAT and ACT scores for admission. No, thats usually the top, private colleges and universities that use those common nation-wide tests. Or the nation-wide GREs to get into grad school. Or the MCATS for medical school. What I want? I w...

Dr. William Burman, executive director of Denver Health's public health department, said additional Medicaid recipients allow medical providers to get paid to treat patients. "What it provides is an opportunity to get reimbursed," he said. So, its better to use the old system where doc...

Perhaps the state insurance commission can explain why the Vail Valley and I70 corridor all the way to the Utah border, but excluding Grand Junction, have such higher premiums. If its just that its full of wealthy vacationers who break legs and run into trees while skiing, then why are Telluride...

What needs to be protected? The watershed. Following a major fire, nothing holds the water and the bare land allows thousands of tons of silt and ash into the rivers, which in turn does everything from flood out people down-stream to clogging irrigation ditches, water reservoirs, etc. We need...

The example he uses for scare mongering is John Kerry, then goes on to say that its the job for politicians to spin for good effect. Yet fails to mention a single climate scientist that he accuses of doom and gloom. Anyway, when, not if, the northern ice cap melts in the summer, its going to ha...

Gee, its sure a good thing that the warmer atmosphere isn't holding more water leading to increasing incidences of massive flooding all over the world. These new maps follow the increased flooding that was occurring 10 years ago and are very likely now obsolete. The Federal flood insurance backup...

Up front, I'm not in the district. However we outsiders don't get the impression that the new conservative board there pushing for vouchers etc are doing so with their hearts yearning to help these lowest achieving students.

For years, New Mexico was notorious for wrist-slapping repeat drunk drivers. What finally tipped the scales was some multiple repeat driver going the wrong way on I-40 and killing a mini-van full of tourists, making international news with how lax the laws were. They've since passed far more seri...

Well, this is a microcosm of America today - the head coach and top assistant coaches earn fat salaries, often the highest paid state employees in their respective states earning well into the millions/year while the players get a "scholarship" in lieu of cash, that means they spend 50-60 ...

On a national level March 31, Obamacare "sign-ups" will not even match the total number of people who formerly had insurance but lost it due to Obamacare. That fact seems to still be ignored by the liberal media hellbent on propping up this failed president and his failed policies. And ...

Hey, why not let some international infrastructure company - say Plenary Roads LLC, fix all the bridges and charge tolls? Like they'll be doing on the new toll lane between Denver and Boulder? Another upside of TABOR - great way to keep taxes low while privatizing the states' infrastructure. W...

This is another sign that the ACA is not working. In a couple of days, it will be 4 full years since the law was signed. The law was supposed to lower costs for everyone. That has, of course, not happened. Of those that were previously uninsured, those now insured are mostly on Medicaid. They are t...